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 20091204 Friday December 04, 2009

Soo-weee! Java ME tech-enabled mobile farming

What's all this craze going on with virtual farming? Well, if you have a Java ME tech-enabled cell phone, you don't have to be left out. Go ahead and take care of those chickens, sheep and cows. You know you want to.

See:

Farm with Java ME tech

Here's a quote:

 Have you ever wondered what it 
 would be like to run your own 
 fully working farm? Looking after 
 chickens, sheep and cows, 
 producing cakes, wool, butter and 
 cheese.
So, this is what Old MacDonald does all day long... No wonder he's always singing that song.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( December 04, 2009 05:58 PM ) Permalink | Comments [0]


 20091203 Thursday December 03, 2009

Wold Cup Soccer for your Java ME cell phone

Well it's that time again for the rest of the world to enjoy that sport with that round ball that they call football (hmmffph!). That's not football. Where are the styrofoam number one fingers and beer holder helmets in the stands? Whatever. At least they can follow the action with a Java ME tech-enabled app.

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FIFA World Cup for Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Handmark and Goal.com plan to 
 release Goal.com Mobile in 
 multiple languages and 
 additional platforms, including 
 iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile 
 and J2ME-based devices, in the 
 coming months.

 To download Goal.com Mobile now, 
 visit www.handmark.com or 
 http://m.goal.com/app directly 
 from your mobile browser.
"Hey, look at me, I'm kicking a ball with my feet and I'm not using my hands! Woo-hoo! I'm so cool."

Feh. Let's see them do that with a 300 lb. guy in pads chasing after them.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( December 03, 2009 06:00 PM ) Permalink | Comments [0]


 20091202 Wednesday December 02, 2009

Managing Android apps a “nightmare” say developers

Darryl and Roger sent out recent pointers to articles on the Web showing that Android developers are unhappy with Google. Google Android remarkably has repeated the same mistakes that we've since corrected in Java ME technology, especially around fragmentation. With all that brain-power at Google, you'd think they'd be smart enough to avoid the known mistake of fragmentation in their Android mobile platform. But, history repeats itself and Android developers now see that the Droid is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

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Droid is not greener

Here's a quote:

 A slew of problems have made managing 
 Android apps a “nightmare,” they say, 
 including three versions of the OS 
 (Android 1.5, 1.6 and 2.0), custom 
 firmware on many phones, and hardware 
 differences between different models.

 For users, it means apps in the store 
 could be buggy, might not work well 
 depending on their handsets, and 
 could deliver a frustrating experience.
Just goes to show you: If you don't study history, you will be doomed to repeat the same mistakes that others have since learned from.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( December 02, 2009 05:28 PM ) Permalink | Comments [0]


 20091201 Tuesday December 01, 2009

No Porn for iPhone App Store Means More Porn for Everyone Else

While the iPhone App Store Nazis keep turning away mobile app submissions that might have any hint of porn, a new start-up company named MiKandi (pronounced "my candy") is busy cranking away on their porn for their small devices. (Sounds like a euphemism to me) First, they'll focus on Android, then on to BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Java ME enabled phones, in a veritable ménage-à-quatre.

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More Mobile Porn for Everyone Else

Here's a quote:

 ...MiKandi plans on an e-mail 
 marketing campaign to get the 
 word out. MiKandi representatives 
 say it has plans to port its app 
 to BlackBerry and Windows Mobile 
 devices as well as Java-
 compatible mobile phones in early 
 2010.
Smut, smut, smut. That's what mobile developers thinks sells. Nothing wrong with that really in a mobile free market economy, but I'm not touching any phone where that app is loaded--gives the term "handsfree mobile usage", new meaning. Ew.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( December 01, 2009 04:28 PM ) Permalink | Comments [0]


 20091130 Monday November 30, 2009

Stewart Alsop writes: Moto Droid sucks!

Stewart Alsop of Alsop Louie Partners really cracks me up! :-) To paraphrase his recent blog post, he essentially writes in so many words that the Motorola Droid (Google Android) phone is a sucky-suck, suck, suckfest, sucky, suck-suck phone. (I'm paraphrasing of course :-) ) Read for yourself...

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Moto Droid sucks

Here's a quote:

 The software (Google’s Android plus 
 apps both from Google and from other 
 developers) doesn’t work and is 
 unacceptable on a mobile device. 
 First, the operating system doesn’t 
 work well enough to be considered a 
 mobile OS. A mobile phone needs to 
 have an OS that is really tied down 
 and ready to perform at all times, 
 like for receiving phone calls. This 
 one isn’t.


Normally, I would suggest that Java ME technology could save a sorry-*ss phone like the Droid. But, in this case... I don't know if anything (even Java ME) can save the Droid (in Stewart Alsop's view that is). :-)

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 30, 2009 03:47 PM ) Permalink | Comments [0]


 20091123 Monday November 23, 2009

Finally, Cold War ends for Java ME tech on Android

Yes, you've heard me complain about the lack of (official) Java ME technology on the Google Android phones that have been shipping. But, the Cold War is over! Myriad will provide Java ME on the upcoming LG Android phones. Start pre-ordering the LG GW620 Android phones now. (Doesn't hurt that Sun Microsystems will get royalties for each device with Myriad's Java ME stack, ya know) ;-) About damn time! :-)

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Finally, Sun will get royalties from Android

Here's a quote:

 - Myriad chosen as major OMA and
   J2ME applications provider
 - New device to be available on 
   both Orange and Rogers networks
Yay! At least, now it will be worth it developing apps for Android phones--as long as the apps are written in Java ME that is. ;-)

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 23, 2009 01:53 PM ) Permalink Comments [7]


 20091118 Wednesday November 18, 2009

Navteq Global LBS Contest, nothing to sneeze at

If you like entering contests, here's the Alcatel-Lucent sponspored Navteq Global LBS Contest. So, get ready with your Java ME LBS app, because you can win. What? These things aren't like rigged or anything like that. No, really!

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Enter the Navteq Global LBS Challenge

Here's a quote:

 Alcatel-Lucent is a proud sponsor 
 of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, 
 the premier competition in the 
 wireless industry, which invites 
 developers to build location-based 
 services (LBS) apps using NAVTEQ 
 digital maps.
Hey, $10 million prize pool is nothing to sneeze at--even if you do have the flu right now.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 18, 2009 05:06 PM ) Permalink |


 20091116 Monday November 16, 2009

iPhone developer says, "No mas!"

More signs of the crumbling Apple iPhone empire: Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis said he is throwing in the towel on iPhone app development.

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No more iPhone app development

Here's a quote:

 "Rogue Amoeba no longer has any 
 plans for additional iPhone 
 applications, and updates to our 
 existing iPhone applications will 
 likely be rare," said Kafasis. 
 "The iPhone platform had great 
 promise, but that promise is not 
 enough..."
Why get pummeled by the iPhone app approval process when you can upload your Java ME MIDlet directly to getjar.com instead? No lo comprendo...

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 16, 2009 05:41 PM ) Permalink Comments [1]


 20091112 Thursday November 12, 2009

Ten-hut! That's right, soldier. Snap to w/snaptu on Java ME tech

Snaptu is a free Java ME technology-enabled mobile app that offers a selection of interfaces into different popular services, like Twitter, Facebook, and, and, uhhh... did I say Twitter already? How about Facebook? Well, are there any other services other than Twitter and Facebook?

See:

Snap to it with Snaptu

Here's a quote:

 A fast and easy way to 
 access the Internet on 
 your phone. Turns your 
 existing phone into a 
 cool Internet device.
 Works on hundreds of 
 phone models.
Shyeah! Got that right! Works on hundreds of phone models because of one reason: Java ME technology. That's a better thing than working on one phone model because of hundreds of (iphonesucks) excuses. Huh? Did someone just say some type of subliminal message (iphonesucks)? Must be my imagination (iphonesucks).

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 12, 2009 06:04 PM ) Permalink |


 20091111 Wednesday November 11, 2009

RIM Steps Up Dependence on CrackBerry w/Java ME tech

RIM loves Java ME for their BlackBerry. It's a nice, tight and secure environment on which to do mobile programming. But, it's also addictive. To make it even more addictive, RIM is upping the dosage and putting in new features to make it faster and easier to build mobile apps versus the iPhone and Droid smartphone.

See:

CrackBerry becoming more addictive

Here's a quote:

 RIM's BlackBerry operating 
 system runs on a form of Java, 
 known as J2ME, and is 
 considered less appealing to 
 developers in part because 
 of the tight security on the 
 BlackBerry.
That's cool that RIM is adding more to it. It's time to put it on an IV drip and mainline it.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 11, 2009 06:09 PM ) Permalink


 20091109 Monday November 09, 2009

Ever feel disconnected from the Net? Use Java ME tech

Around the world, developers love Java ME technology to solve their problems. In India they are using Java ME tech to sync handheld devices that track cargo shipments, even when not within range of a cellular wireless network.

See:

Track it offline with Java ME

Here's a quote:

 "Sometimes we faced GPRS connectivity 
 challenges," says Kumar. To solve this, 
 offline software was developed in J2ME, 
 which captures the image and 
 information and synchronizes with the 
 central database whenever a GPRS 
 connection next presents itself. 
Now if I could only use the same technology to track my socks in the dryer. There's always that one that seems to end up halfway around the world in Mumbai or Bangalore...

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 09, 2009 08:14 PM ) Permalink


 20091106 Friday November 06, 2009

iPhone Users are Shallow and Vapid

Here's a study from Retrevo painting iPhone users as being shallow and vapid, favoring cool gadgets over intelligence and using their iPhones for dubious purposes. Well, you'd hardly see this type of behavior from Java ME cell phone users. ;-)

See:

iPhone Users are Shallow

Here's a quote:

 Retrevo asked, "What makes a 
 person most attractive to you?" 
 iPhone owners preferred cool 
 gadgets over a college degree 
 three to one.

 One in three iPhone owners say 
 that, if their partner had out-
 of-date gadgets, it would be a 
 turnoff.
Falsetto Voice: "Hello, I'm an iPhone owner. My favorite turn-ons are USB flash drives shaped like sushi and applications that make funny bodily noises. My turn-offs are people who have read Shakespeare and have a better 3G connection that me. Hmpfh! They soooo suck."

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 06, 2009 06:09 PM ) Permalink Comments [2]


 20091105 Thursday November 05, 2009

Logging industry is strong with Java ME tech

No need to protect spotted owls from Java ME technology. Even though logging is powerful with Java ME, it doesn't mean the cute and adorable little Strix occidentalis will have to go the way of the Dodo bird.

See:

Support powerful logging w/Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Have you been in a situation like 
 this? Have you ever wanted to log 
 from your MIDlet? Read on, and I 
 will teach how to add powerful 
 logging to your MIDlets.
Save the spotted owl and support powerful logging--with Java ME. :-)

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 05, 2009 06:09 PM ) Permalink |


 20091104 Wednesday November 04, 2009

Go multi-platform with EyeMags, Java ME tech support

Here's yet another company taking the multi-platform approach. EyeMags has created a service that creates small snippets of personal content for the iPhone, Symbian, and Java ME technology. Time and time again, mobile developers program to the iPhone for the hype, but then program to Java ME for mass deployment--a recipe for success.

See:

Multi-platform with Java ME

Here's a quote:

 Following our successful launch 
 of the iPhone App Creation tool 
 last week, further work with the 
 top end Smartphone market sees 
 us launch support for these 
 latest Nokia and Sony Ericsson 
 Smartphones. Both these 
 technologies build on top of the 
 mobile Java (J2ME) applications 
 used for all other devices.
This is interesting how this mobile company generates the wrapper app that goes around the content, not just the content itself. The wrapper happens to be an iPhone, Symbian, and Java ME wrapper, but that can be kept very lightweight.

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 04, 2009 10:57 AM ) Permalink


 20091103 Tuesday November 03, 2009

You have much to learn, Grasshopper. Sun Tzu would love the EU

Allthingsd.com ran an article about how Larry Ellison is known for his following of Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Keen observation, Grasshopper. But, you have not applied what you know to be true...

See:

The Art of Sun/Oracle

Here's a quote:

 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is 
 famous for his admiration of 
 The Art of War, Sun Tzu’s 
 sixth-century treatise on 
 battle tactics. And it’s 
 served him well in his long-
 running battle with SAP and 
 Oracle’s hostile bid for 
 PeopleSoft. But it may get 
 him in trouble when it comes 
 to Oracle’s (ORCL) dealings 
 with the European 
 Commission...
Those who study The Art of War know that in general, you should say that you will go left and at the last minute you go right instead. In sports, they call this the head fake. The idea is that you should never let anyone know what you truly want, what you really want. So, let's say if you want to keep Java technology untouched, then obviously you should instead say that you care about some other technology which you secretly aren't really that interested in... to throw everyone off the track. Sun Tzu teaches all this type of stuff.

Always create a diversion, so that no one knows what you truly care most about... Watch and learn what Sun Tzu really teaches about what to do with what you really want, what you really, really want...

[Java ME and J2ME] ( November 03, 2009 05:19 PM ) Permalink





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